Index: src/expr.c
==================================================================
--- src/expr.c
+++ src/expr.c
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 **
 *************************************************************************
 ** This file contains routines used for analyzing expressions and
 ** for generating VDBE code that evaluates expressions in SQLite.
 **
-** $Id: expr.c,v 1.215 2005/08/12 22:56:09 drh Exp $
+** $Id: expr.c,v 1.216 2005/08/12 22:58:53 drh Exp $
 */
 #include "sqliteInt.h"
 #include <ctype.h>
 
 /*
@@ -224,15 +224,15 @@
 */
 Expr *sqlite3RegisterExpr(Parse *pParse, Token *pToken){
   Vdbe *v = pParse->pVdbe;
   Expr *p;
   int depth;
-  if( v==0 ) return 0;
   if( pParse->nested==0 ){
     sqlite3ErrorMsg(pParse, "near \"%T\": syntax error", pToken);
     return 0;
   }
+  if( v==0 ) return 0;
   p = sqlite3Expr(TK_REGISTER, 0, 0, pToken);
   if( p==0 ){
     return 0;  /* Malloc failed */
   }
   depth = atoi(&pToken->z[1]);

Index: test/main.test
==================================================================
--- test/main.test
+++ test/main.test
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 #
 #***********************************************************************
 # This file implements regression tests for SQLite library.  The
 # focus of this file is exercising the code in main.c.
 #
-# $Id: main.test,v 1.20 2005/02/26 17:31:28 drh Exp $
+# $Id: main.test,v 1.21 2005/08/12 22:58:53 drh Exp $
 
 set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
 source $testdir/tester.tcl
 
 # Only do the next group of tests if the sqlite3_complete API is available
@@ -303,7 +303,11 @@
 } {1 {near "bogus": syntax error}}
 do_test main-3.5 {
   set v [catch {execsql {create}} msg]
   lappend v $msg
 } {1 {near "create": syntax error}}
+do_test main-3.6 {
+  catchsql {SELECT 'abc' + #9}
+} {1 {near "#9": syntax error}}
+
 
 finish_test

Index: test/trigger1.test
==================================================================
--- test/trigger1.test
+++ test/trigger1.test
@@ -586,7 +586,12 @@
     execsql {
       SELECT * FROM insert_log;
     }
   } {main 21 22 23 temp 24 25 26 aux 27 28 29}
 }
+
+do_test trigger1-11.1 {
+  catchsql {SELECT raise(abort,'message');}
+} {1 {RAISE() may only be used within a trigger-program}}
+
 
 finish_test